Category: folk
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Darlin’ Cory
What an amazing song. Obviously a (continuously, spontaneously, organically evolving) folk song, and working under many different titles, but here are the lyrics at Wikipedia: Wake up, wake up darlin coryTell me what makes you sleep so soundThe revenue officers are cominGonna tear your still house down [Chorus] Dig a hole, dig a hole in…
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Folk Songs of America, 3: all front matter
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7TAYus5LRzuTDF5bkxHOEx5TU0/view?usp=sharing This includes the table of contents, which is super interesting. Have at it! Lomax, Alan. 1960. The Folk Songs of North America in the English Language. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. Folk Songs of America, 1: cover Folk Songs of America, 2: map Folk Songs of America, 3: all front matter
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Folk Songs of North America, 1: cover
Lomax, Alan. 1960. The Folk Songs of North America in the English Language. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company. See also map and all front matter.
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New Lost City Ramblers Song Book
Seeger, Mike, and John Cohen, eds. 1964. The New Lost City Ramblers Song Book. New York: Oak Books. Here’s a brief list of tunes in the NLCR songbook that Garcia is known to have played. This does not include the Elizabeth Cotten tunes (I have considered them separately) and has not been carefully vetted, since…
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Elves, Gnomes, Leprechauns and Little People’s Chowder and Marching Society Volunteer Fire Brigade and Ladies Auxiliary String Band
I cannot make any representation for the accuracy of any of this. It’s a fascinating piece, of course. Dister was a famous French rock journalist (wiki) who spent ca. 1966-early 1968 in San Francisco, apparently spending a ton of time with the Dead, if the narratives are to be believed. I am sure it is…